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late winter/early spring?
March 4, 2009
1:46 am
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Ive been putting some time in the past month or 2 trying to catch a musky from the schuylkill in philly, from the tidal and nontidal alike... almost got my first on the susky (warmwater discharge) in mid january, but it cut through my line (no leader, wasnt targeting skis), and that gave me the bug bad. So a question for the experienced musky anglers, what kind of baits do you use this time of year/how do you work them? Ive been casting pikies in assorted colors along current edges in water from 5'-15' (schuylkill river), working them slowly. Never caught a musky so I dont really have any confidence in what Im doing... any tips? I have no doubt that I will catch one this year with the amount of time Ive been putting in, some advice would be awesome though. thanks for reading.

March 4, 2009
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Just keep on doing what you doing an it will pay off I'm out every weekend sat an sun putting 5 to 6 hour a day in and it paying off seeing fish rolling up on me an sooner or later I'll hook up. Keep it up and good luck!!

March 4, 2009
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Muskies are a low numbers game, just keep at it. Spend a couple of extra casts (or hours) on the water during peak moon phases and when weather fronts are coming in, that will help put the odds in your favor. Seb gave some really good info on cold water musky fishing here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....EBo43IA2uM

Best of luck!!

Team MTF

March 4, 2009
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Be positive, i like big spinnerbaits myself. try slow rolling, drag the the rod fast to the right about 3ft then stop then start reeling again then repeat on the next cast but then go left side. sometimes burn then stop, then reg reel. if nothing happens atleast you may get a nice burn!!ha ha good luck brother ;D !!

March 5, 2009
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thanks for the encouragement! Fished today for a couple hours, with nothing to show (which is what Ive come to expect). Ive seen a lot of muskies while fishing, not while fishing for them, but at random times.... usually around the full moon. Ill keep casting, and keep you guys updated if this blind squirrel happens to find a nut 🙂

March 5, 2009
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Hey, always protect your [glow=red,2,300]Nuts[/glow]!!! ha ha ha 😀 ;D

March 25, 2009
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What kind of live bait works :-

March 25, 2009
1:56 am
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[quote author=dogass link=topic=3105.msg19878#msg19878 date=1237941724]
What kind of live bait works :-
[/bquote] I what to know what kind of bait to get a lure to look like

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